History Headscratchers / FaceOff

** He would also have had the advantage that it's unlikely anyone would have thought to test the bullet in Loomis against 'Archer's' gun; with so many different guns being fired that night, determining exactly who fired which bullet wouldn't particularly matter, especially when Loomis would have died so soon after the rest of the agents on the raid that nobody would be able to confirm he actually died ''after'' the main fight was over. Hell the cops might think he caught an unlucky headshot or that Castor was startled.

** That's not even getting into the fact of exactly ''how'' Archer managed to adopt, you know, the son of his most personal and hated nemesis, apart from that, imagine you adopted the child of the person who murdered your child, then that child grows up, puberty kicks in and hey, guess who he looks like?

* Why can't Sean simply show his chest to his wife? While he tries to convince her after she's out of bathroom, why does he try a lot? He had kept the scar having resulted from the murder of his son before the surgery. This little detail was not even forgotten at the end of the movie, when he said "You can remove that scar now," making the audience feel he's finally freed from the trauma, after defeating Castor. Then, why can't he show that scar while it's there, to his wife? She wouldn't need to take the blood simple from the man sleeping in her bed, risking his finding out about her sudden escape to her hospital in the middle of the night...

* Why can't Sean simply show his chest to his wife?
While he tries to convince her after she's out of bathroom, why does he try a lot? He had kept the scar having resulted from the murder of his son before the surgery. This little detail was not even forgotten at the end of the movie, when he said "You can remove that scar now," making the audience feel he's finally freed from the trauma, after defeating Castor. Then, why can't he show that scar while it's there, to his wife? She wouldn't need to take the blood simple from the man sleeping in her bed, risking his finding out about her sudden escape to her hospital in the middle of the night...

** Castor read's Eve's diary, and finds out that they hadn't slept together for 6 months, and seeing as it's implied before Castor killed Michael, Archer was much more "fun" and energetic, only to lapse into workaholism and depression, perhaps the nights they did sleep together before the 6 month dry spell, weren't very... enthusiastic, and she wrote off his sudden increased sex drive as the weight being lifted off after finally "killing Castor".

** He would also have had the advantage that it's unlikely anyone would have thought to test the bullet in Loomis against 'Archer's' gun; with so many criminals firing shots that night, determining exactly who fired which bullet wouldn't particularly matter, especially when Loomis would have died so soon after the rest of the agents on the raid that nobody would be able to confirm he actually died ''after'' the main fight was over. Hell the cops might think he caught an unlucky headshot or that Castor was startled.

** Perhaps the LAPD investigated, but since there were no records of Archer or Castor ever being at the Institute (this thing was done entirely off the bookies), they probably were able to prove that yes, someone deliberately tied up Dr. Walsh, Miller and Tito, then burned down the building. Without any evidence to tie Castor to the Institute, he won't be considered a suspect. The LAPD is able to prove that Tito and Miller were there, but since the plastic surgery was off-the-books, that's all they can prove, and to them, it may seem like they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

* Why don't they just torture Pollux for the bomb's location?

** The hard part may have been removing the two faces in such a fashion that neither the face nor the various underlying structures would be damaged, not the attachment process. If so, the team already did ''that'' part; Walsh just went through the procedure they'd already laid the groundwork for, having intended to perform it on Archer himself once his mission was over.

** He would also have had the advantage that it's unlikely anyone would have thought to test the bullet in Loomis against 'Archer's' gun; with so many criminals firing shots that night, determining exactly who fired which bullet wouldn't particularly matter, especially when Loomis would have died so soon after the rest of the agents on the raid that nobody would be able to confirm he actually died ''after'' the main fight was over.

** Maybe Castor threatened to torture him and slaughter his family.

** As was said before, the police investigation would undoubtedly prove arson, and the bodies were identified. However, Archer's surgery was done off-the-books, meaning that only a few people truly knew that Archer was impersonating Castor, and thanks to the arson, all of them are dead save for Archer and Castor. As far as anyone not in on the job sees it, Castor had just been shipped off to Erewhon Prison while Archer was away on an unknown assignment.

** Actually Pollux did have a pistol. You can see him raise it as Archer swings over on the rope and he is about to shoot when Archer slams into him and knocks him into the skylight, and he falls to his death.

** Perhaps the LAPD investigated, but since there were no records of Archer or Castor ever being at the Institute, they probably were able to prove that yes, someone deliberately tied up Dr. Walsh, Hollis Miller and Tito, then burned down the building. Without any evidence to tie Castor to the Institute, he won't be considered a suspect. The LAPD is able to prove that Tito and Miller were there, but since the plastic surgery was off-the-books, that's all they can prove, and to them, it may seem like they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

** Why don't they just torture Pollux for the bomb's location?

** No less a luminary than [[RiffTrax Michael J. Nelson]] also pointed out just how absurdly expensive the prison must be to operate, especially with the electromagnetic lockdown grid and special boots all prisoners have to wear. And why the need for such exorbitantly expensive technology when your prison is in the middle of an ocean and any escapees would be ludicrously easy to recapture? Sure, Archer got away, but that was only because the guys in charge of Erehwon were too stupid to search for him. Also, [[ArtisticLicenseLaw "The Geneva Convention does not apply here"]]? No shit, dude, it doesn't apply to ''anyone'' who's not a P.O.W. Come to think of it, "the guys in charge of Erehwon were too stupid" just might be the best answer to all our questions.